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After observing the children, Takumi felt deeply satisfied.

Truly wonderful.

Seeing them living so happily now gave him peace of mind. Since he was the one who brought them back, he naturally felt responsible for their lives.

After walking around a bit, Takumi headed toward Liyue.

Liyue was still bustling with activity, even though the New Year had already passed.

The streets were adorned with lanterns.

Seeing this, Takumi was a little surprised.

Were they preparing for the Lantern Rite?

Liyue's traditional festival seemed to be around the time of the Lantern Festival.

Thinking for a moment, Takumi began strolling through the city.

Not long after, he ran into Keqing.

Seeing her, Takumi was full of question marks.

Wasn't she supposed to be working on his side of the world?

Why was she slacking off here?

With a belly full of complaints, Takumi walked over.

"keqing, you've changed! You're actually slacking off now?"

Takumi's sudden voice startled Keqing.

"You!!"

Startled, Keqing turned and glared furiously at Takumi.

This guy had appeared behind her without a sound. Was he trying to give her a heart attack?

"Sorry! I forgot—I had lowered my presence just now."

Seeing Keqing's reaction, Takumi scratched his head awkwardly.

He had reduced his presence earlier to avoid being noticed and forgot to turn it off, which ended up scaring Keqing.

Keqing glared at him in annoyance.

"I'm not slacking off! I just didn't have much to do, so I came back to help."

"As long as you don't randomly connect more worlds, my job is quite easy."

Keqing only got busy when Takumi connected other worlds and new cities needed to be built.

Now that they had dedicated tools for constructing cities, her job was even more relaxed.

In the past, she used to visit construction sites to oversee progress.

But now, all it took was one command to build an entire city.

Her main task was to handle urban planning, which could be done just by giving instructions to Prometheus.

Thanks to that, her workload was light.

With the Lantern Rite coming up—especially the first one in this new world—she was naturally putting in more effort.

Having nothing else to do, Keqing decided to come back and help.

Hearing this, Takumi finally understood.

"Ah, I see~ Got it. Liyue is about to get lively."

"People from other worlds will definitely be interested in the Lantern Rite."

Takumi looked at the street decorations with great interest.

Aside from Liyue's own residents, people from other Teyvat nations would likely join in.

And if they promoted the event, the whole of Liyue would surely become a grand spectacle.

Some of the connected worlds were even Genshin-based, so the otakus among them would definitely want to attend.

It would be a huge event.

"Of course I know. This is a great chance to boost the economy."

"That's why we're planning something extra special."

Keqing was well aware of the potential.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have returned to help.

After all, many things in Liyue were being managed by the revived Liyue Qixing.

They were now in charge of governing the city.

"Yeah, it's definitely a good opportunity. Need any help? I'm free anyway."

Takumi offered his help.

He had nothing else to do at the moment.

"Nope! You just stay idle!!"

"The more idle you are, the more relaxed I am."

"Everything here is nearly done—we don't need your help."

Keqing rolled her eyes and firmly refused.

As long as Takumi stayed idle, so could she.

If he got busy, she'd be the one to suffer.

She really worried that Takumi might suddenly import a few more worlds and demand new city plans again.

Recently, Takumi had been adding world after world, keeping her constantly busy with planning and coordination.

The moment one task was done, another would pop up.

Even if there were fewer tasks, they were complicated.

And even someone who enjoyed overtime like her would get frustrated.

"Ehh..."

Takumi scratched his head at Keqing's reaction, feeling a little awkward.

But with his thick skin, he quickly recovered.

After giving a few orders to Prometheus, Keqing looked at Takumi.

"Since you're free, come walk with me. Let's check if there's anything missing or that needs improvement."

With that, Keqing looked at him expectantly.

The two locked eyes, and Takumi didn't refuse.

"Alright!"

Seeing him agree, Keqing started strolling through Liyue Harbor with Takumi.

As they walked, Keqing chatted with him.

"By the way, I really need to thank you for everything here in Liyue Harbor."

"At first, people from Teyvat had trouble adjusting, but now everyone's doing really well."

"They're earning more than before."

"Liyue's citizens are happier, and the spot you picked has an excellent location."

"Liyue has developed rapidly, and I owe you a big thank you."

Keqing spoke sincerely.

As one of the Qixing, she naturally hoped her people would lead better lives—and they were.

"It was the old man who picked the location, not me."

"Back then, my world didn't even have many cities."

"He chose this spot because he had an eye for it."

Takumi didn't want to claim the credit.

Zhongli had selected the location when they first began building the world.

At that time, there was only one city—Hope City.

Zhongli chose this place because of its geography.

There was no need to thank him—it was mutual benefit.

As the civilization progressed, Takumi stood to gain the most.

"That's not how it works. Credit should still be given."

"Zhongli is Zhongli. The land might've been his idea, but the world is yours."

"Without your permission, there wouldn't be a Liyue Harbor here."

Keqing knew this very well.

Seeing how insistent she was, Takumi didn't argue further.

Fine—let her say what she wanted.

The two continued chatting as they strolled through Liyue Harbor.

Every now and then, Keqing would pause to check if anything was missing.